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Carmelle Celebrated “By the Numbers”

Wed, Feb 7, 2018

First Church celebrated Carmelle Knudsen at its recent Annual Meeting as she retires from her volunteer staff position as Membership Secretary. Carmelle has managed a broad range of membership and stewardship duties for 21 years. In particular, her work both encouraging yearly pledging and following up in the pledge campaign process has been a major gift to the church.

As she retires, she hopes to spend more time quilting and spending time with her grandchildren. She will continue to be an active First Church member.

Molly celebrated Carmelle “by the numbers” during the meeting:

22 Annual pledge campaigns60 Stewardship pitches to New Members classes2 Capital Campaigns15,750 Statements run off, individually checked, folded, and stuffed1,100 Personal phone calls to elicit pledges so we’d have clear numbers to put into the budget500 Phone calls to see if people would be completing their pledges500 Emails sent when phone calls went unanswered10 Clergy staff colleagues: Pat deJong, Phil Porter, Dan Hatch, Dan Chambers, David Parks-Ramage, Adam Blons, Charlotte Russell, Rachel Bauman, Kit Novotny, Molly Baskette5 Business managers Gardiner McCauley, Scott Lorenz, Betsy York, Ken Iha, Nate Mazur2 Treasurers, Ken Rubardt, and Moe Wright1 of 4 people in Pilgrim hall evacuated from fire of 20167644 Number of hours put into helping people develop spiritually as a function of their generosity $0 Cost to FCCB (except for in-kind office chocolate)
First Church commends Carmelle for her long-term, faithful work in the church and blesses her in this next phase of her life.